HKBN (HKSE:01310) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.45 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is HKBN Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

HKBN's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was HK$390 Mil. HKBN's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was HK$10,995 Mil. HKBN's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was HK$2,090 Mil. HKBN's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 5.45.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01310' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19 Med: 4.4 Max: 14.31
Current: 14.19

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of HKBN was 14.31. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 4.40.

HKSE:01310's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
95.56% of 315 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs HKSE:01310: 14.19

HKBN Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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HKBN Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

HKBN Annual Data

Trend

Aug14

Aug15

Aug16

Aug17

Aug18

Aug19

Aug20

Aug21

Aug22

Aug23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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6.69

4.90

5.37

4.79

14.31

HKBN Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.90	4.93	5.80	-23.70	5.45

Competitive Comparison of HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

HKBN Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

HKBN's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(435.771	+	11056.959)	/	803.358
	=	14.31

HKBN's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(390.269	+	10994.8)	/	2089.834
	=	5.45

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is two times the quarterly (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.

HKBN (HKSE:01310) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Address

18 Kin Hong Street, 12th Floor, Trans Asia Centre, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

http://www.hkbnltd.net

HKBN Ltd is a telecommunications company. The company derives revenue from broadband Internet services and voice services to both residential and enterprise customers. The principal activities of the Group are (i) provision of fixed telecommunications network services, international telecommunications services, and mobile services to residential and enterprise customers in Hong Kong, (ii) system integration services, (iii) product sales, and (iv) marketing and distribution of computer hardware and software, telecommunication products, office automation products and the provision of related services. The company has two segments Telecom and technology solutions (Hong Kong) and Telecom and technology solutions (non-Hong Kong) and the majority of its revenue is generated from Hong Kong.

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